Autographic register



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PATENT @FFIQE on DAYTON, OHIO, AssrGnoR TO THE EGRY'REGISTER COMPANY, or DAYTON, OHIO, A CORPORATION or OHIO AUTOGRAPHIC REGISTER My invention relates to autographic registers.

It is my object to provide an autographie register which will align in writing position a plurality of superimposed sheets and e ect such sheets after having been written upon, re-aligning the sheets prior to' each writing operation.

In particular, it is the object of this invention to provide a mechanism which may be utilized with any length of form printed on the sheets, and to utilize the file punch holes in the sheets between the forms for aligning purposes.

It is a particular object of my invention to align the sheets by pins in the file punch holes but not to push the sheets into alignmentby the pins, merely using the pins as centering devices to bring about the alignment.

It is a further object to provide a register in which the paper does not stop in order to allow the pins to enter the holes nor are the pins manipulated in any way by hand or special mechanisms to move them in or out of the apertures in the paper.

It is my special object to provide a register in which by a single continuous movement of the register handle the sheets will be moved through the machine, the aligning devices will be permitted to drop into position, the ejecting rollers will be spread and the ejecting rollers will be allowed to re-engage with the sheets. There is no pulling of the sheets against the pins. It is also an object to provide an arrangement whereby when the pins enter the paper the ejecting means is rendered inoperative until the crank handle is,

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Application filed May 15, 1926. Serial No. 109,418.

Figure 6 is a section on the line 66 of Figure 2; I Figure 7 is a section through the upper actuating sleeve or roller and the pin support.- ing sleeves and gears for actuating the upper shaft;

v Figure 8 is a section on the line 8-8 of Figure 1 looking in the direction of the arrows;

Figure 9 is a section on the line 99 of Figure 1 showing the parts in position when the paper is moving between the rollers and the aligning pins are resting on top of the P p Figure 10 is a similar View showing the pins just as they enter into the paper; I

Figure 11 is a similar view showing the pins in vertical aligning position with the rollers spread apart;

Figure 12 is a section on the line 1212 of Figure 1 showing the position of the cam when the parts are arranged as in Figures 9 and 10;

Figure 13 isa section on the line 12-12 of Figure 1 showing the parts in position for the cam to spread the rollers as in Figure 11;

Figure 1 .2 is a section on the line1i14 of Figure 1 looking in the direction of the arrows illustrating the arrangement of the spring control on the cam retaining fingers;

Figure 15 is a section on the line 1 5-15 of Figure 1 showing the position of the cam retaining fingers, when the cams are moving freely;

' Figure 16 is a similar view showing the position of the cam retaining finger when the cam is in retained position and the rollers are spread;

Referring to the drawings in detail, 1 is the base of a register having side walls 2, a rear wall 3 and a front wall 4;. 5 is a cover having an opening 6 and an arcuate housing 7 from which depend eyes 8 for holding the cover in position by'the hooks 9 whichare fastened to the shaft 10 which is pivotally supported in the side walls 2. This shaft 10 is actuated by a button 11. i 1

The writing table is designated 12. It is pivoted Within the sidewalls 2 as at 13 and carries at its rear end bet-ween side members 14 a plurality of guiding rollers 15 over each one of which a paper sheet is passed on the writing table. The forward end of the writing table rests upon a transverse rod or stop 16.

Paper roll supporting mechanism V for receiving the rod 19 which constitutes the paper spindle or axle. In order to hold these axles in position sliding locking members are provided which are mounted on the side of the plates 18. These locking plates 24 have slots 25 through which project retaining pins 26 carried on the plates 18. The

slotted construction provides for the free movement of these locking plates relative to the supporting plates 18. The locking plates are provided with a pluralityo-f looking mechanisms for the shafts 19 consisting of notches having a forwardly extending and downwardly directed tapering portion 27 terminating in a semi-circular groove portion 28 which is overhung by a shoulder 29 which is adapted to engage the forward side of the spindle 19 and to move it against the rear side of the semi-circular groove 23 and the notch in the stationary supporting plate 18.

These locking plates are moved constantly into locking position through a spring 30 attached atone end at 31 to the locking plate and the other to a stud 32 mounted on the supporting plate 18. The two spaced looking plates are connected together by the transverse rod 33.

hen it is desired to load this register the locking plates are moved forward as a unit and the spindles carrying the rollers are dropped into the notches in the supporting plates, which align the spindles in position.

The locking plates are then released and carried into locking position by the spring 30 which retain by the shoulders 29 the spindles 19 in the notches of the supporting plates.

The paper sheets are wound on rolls on the spindles 19, such rolls being respectively designated 34, 35 and 36. The sheets from the rolls are moved over the guide rollers 15' on to the table 12 beneath the writing opening 6 under the cover 5 and are carrier between the ejecting rollers and thence out of the machine, or one of the sheets may be carried to storage if a storage record is employed.

Ejeeting mechanism The sheets pass over the lower ejecting roller which has a central knurled portion designated 37. This roller is mounted on a shaft 38. The central portion 37has adj acent outside roller portions 39 spaced therefrom form a groove therebetween for the passage through the groove of the aligning pins 41. The lower roller shaft 38 has mounted on one end thereof an actuating gear 42 which engages on its upper'portion with the gear 43 on on the upper roller shaft 44. The gear 42 is driven through a gear 45 mounted on a shaft 46. To this gear 45 is attached a smaller pinion 47 which meshes with a master driving gear 48 carried on the shaft 49 which is the crank shaft upon which is mounted the crank 50 having the handle 51. This handle is limited in its movement by the movable stop 52 carried on the projecting lug 53 on the outside of one of the side walls 2. This master gear 48 is prevented from turning backwardly by the movable pawl 54 which is pivoted at 55 on the inside wall of the register.

Returning to the upper shaft 44, it will be noted that this shaft has mounted thereon the gear 43 which is fixed thereon. Mounted on this shaft centrally thereof and turning therewith is a knurled sleeve 56 which cooperates with the lower knurled sleeve or roller 37 for ejecting the sheets.

Aligning and roZZer spreading mechanism The shaft 44 also carries on either side of the fixed sleeve 56 loosely mounted sleeves 57 and 58. The sleeve 57 carries one of the aligning pins. On its outer end the sleeve 57 carries the cam 59 which is fixed on the sleeve 57. A helical spring 60 is wound on the shaft 44 and fits in the recess in the sleeve 57 and has one end attached thereto and has its other end at 61 inserted in the gear 43 and attached thereto so that it tends to turn with the shaft 44 unless the pin 41 resting on the surface of the paper resists such movement. Upon the pins coming over the holes inthe paper and dropping therein the tension on the spring will be relieved and the spring will cause the sleeve to rotate and the pins to follow along with the sheets dropping into the holes therein.

The sleeve on the other end of the shaft 44 designated 53 likewise has a cam 62, a recess 63 in the end ofthe sleeve 58 and a helical spring 64 in therecess attached at its inner end as at 60 to the sleeve 58 and at its outer end to a collar 65 fixed on shaft 44.

The rotation of these freely-mounted sleeves 57 and 58 with the pins 41 and the cams59 and 62 is also controlled by a cam finger 67 which is provided on the shaft 46 andhas a nose 68 adapted to engage with the cam to hold it in position until the other end of the finger 67 is'elevated by the pin or stud 69 on the master driving gear 48 which deof the shaft 46, adjacent the other wall of the register engaging the cam 62 so that the two fingers, both being fixed on the shaft 46 move together. These fingers are normally held in engagement with the cams or in engaging positionbythe spring 70 preferably attached to, the finger 67 which is on the side opposite to the handle side of the register, as shown in Figure 14.

To resist the spreading action due tothe engagement of the cams 59 and 62 riding on the sleeves 39 of the lower roller, the upper roller and its shaft 44 are mounted in side brackets 71 which have inwardly extending bottom portions 72 through which fit vertical bolts 73 having heads 74. These bolts pass through a bracket 75 below which is mounted a helical spring 76 between the bracket and a nut 77 on the bolt 72. This arrangement thus resists the spreading of the rollers by 8 the elevation of the upper roller due to the cam action. A like construction is found at either side of the machine. The adjustment of the nut 77 will equalize the spring pressure and the degree of spread between the rollers on either side.

Garb on supply mechanism The carbon supply sheets are mounted within a casing 78 on a spindle 79, the casing, in this case, being mounted on the left hand side of the register adjacent the handle so that when it is desired to write lengthwise the sheets, a broad support will be provided for the fore arm of the writer. The carbon sheets are conveyed across the machine interleaved between the sheets, and are fastened by a novel mechanism on the right hand side of the machine. This mechanism consists of a clamping plate 80 pivoted on the outside of the machine at 81 and having its free end provided with an eye 82 through which is adapted to project a hook 83 which holds the clamping plate in position so that the sheets of carbon 84 are turned over at the upper edge of the side wall of the register and clamped between the clamping plate and the side wall of the register. This plate 80 can be pushed into position and the hook will snap into position due to the rounded head of the hook and the fact that the hook is drawn towards one end of the machine by the spring 85 which is mounted on a pin 86 on the inside of the register wall. The hook itself is pivoted at 87 upon an inwardly projecting lug 88 of the register side wall.

Independent roller spreading mechanism When it is desired to spread the rollers for the insertion of paper sheets independently of the cam mechanism this may be effected by the rotation of the shaft 89 which ispivoted in the side walls of the register and has on the free end thereof a knurled head 90. This shaft has cutaway portions 91 adjacent the brackets 71 so that the cutaway portions allow the brackets to drop down in their lowermost position where the rollers are in engaging position with the sheets. Upon the rotation of the shaft 89 the rounded portion of the shaft is brought into engagement with the Walls of the slot 92 cut in each of the brackets 71 thereby elevating the brackets and theupper roller. This results in spreading the rollers as desired.

As will be seen in Figure 5 the cover looking fingers 9 mounted on the shaft 10 are held in looking position by the spring 94 connected at 95 to the register wall and to the other end by the arm 96 mounted on the shaft 10. Like wise the movable stop 52 has mounted on its shaft 97 an arm 98 to which is connected a spring 99 at one end. The other end of the spring is connected to astud 100 inside the side wall 2 of the register.

Method of operation Starting with the sheets in writing position with the pins through the file punch holes, the pins being in vertical position and the rollers separated from the sheets, it will be found that the retaining noses 68 of the retaining fingers 67 are in engagement with the cams. As soon as the handle starts forward in the ejecting operation the cams are released so that the sheets are ejected through the engagement of the knurled rollers 37 and 56 therewith. The sleeves 57 and 58 turn with the shaft 44 and continue to turn until the pins have revolved with the shaft and their noses rest upon the surface of the paper sheets being ejected, as in Figure 9.

The shaft 44 and the knurled portion 56 continue tov move together while the sleeves 57 and 58 with the pins 41 and cams 59 and 62 remain stationary. As the shaft 44 CO1]: tinues to rotate the tension on the spring 60 and the spring 64 increases. This tension is relieved when the holes in the paper, indicated in Figure 9, as 93 come beneath the pins 41 allowing the sleeves 57 and 58 to rotate under the impulse of the springs 60 and 64until the sleeves assume their normal position and the springs are no longer under tension at which point the pins will be in vertical position, as shown in Figure 11. Simultaneous with this accomplishment of this position the cams 59 and 62 have moved with te sleeves 57 and 58 and pins 41 into position to spread the rollers as shown in Figure 11 and Figure 13. The spreading of the rollers permits the sheets to be aligned by the pins as the sheet-s ride up upon the tapered pins, thus shifting the sheets into alignment.

At this period, the sheets are held in position by the pins for the writing operation.

The cams are held free from rotation with the pins by the noses 68 of the retaining fingers 67. As soon as the handle starts forward again in ejection of the sheets, these fingers are moved out of position, the cams moved from between the upper and lower shafts and rollers, and the rollers again engage the sheets, the pins move with the rollers during the initial portion of operations in the outward movement of the sheets until the pins are free from the holes in the sheets, and again return to rest on top of thesheets.

It will be understood that I desire to comprehend within my invention such modifications as may be necessary to adapt it to varying conditions and uses.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In an autographic register, a lower driving roller, an upper driving roller, and shaft means movably mounted on the upper shaft, pins carried by said movably mounted means, yielding means connected to said movably mounted means for yieldingly resisting the movement of the pins relative to the upper shaft, and cams connected to said movably mounted means adapted to spread said rollers, means adapted to restrain the rotation of the cams and pins with the upper roller and a common actuating means for releasing said cam restraining means and for actuating said rollers.

2. In an autographic register, a lower shaft, driving roller thereon having cutaway portions for receiving pins, an upper shaft, a cooperating driving roller mounted thereon adj acent the first mentioned driving roller, sleeves on said upper shaft rotatable thereon independent of the driving roller, pins carried by said sleeves, cams carried by said sleeves, yielding means connected to said sleeves at one end and'to the shaft at the other to yieldingly resist the independent resistance of said sleeves on the shaft, gearing connecting the upper and lower shafts, means to drive said gearing and means to arrest the movement of said sleeves and means on the driving means for intermittently operating said arresting means.

3. In an autographic register, a lower shaft, a driving roller thereon having cutaway portions for receiving pins therethrough, an up per shaft, a cooperatingdriving roller mounted thereon adjacent the first mentioned driving roller, sleeves on saidupper shaft rotatable thereon independent of the driving roller, pins carried by said sleeves, cams carried by said sleeves, yielding means connected to said sleeves at one end and to the shaft at the other to yieldingly resist the independent resistance of said sleeves on the shaft, gearing connecting the upper and lowershafts, means to drive said gearing and means to arrest the movement of said sleeves and means on the driving means for intermittently operating said arresting means, and yielding means connected to said upper roller adapted to resist the spreading of said rollers.

4. In an autographic register, a lower shaft having a central knurled roller and side rollers spaced therefrom, an upper shaft having a central knurled roller turning with the shaft and sleeves on either side thereof turning freely of the shaft, pins on said sleeves adapted to pass through the spaces between the rollers on the lower shaft, yielding means connected to said sleeves in said upper shaft for resisting the independent resistance of said sleeves, cams on said sleeves for spreading the upper and lower shafts, said cams being adapted to ride on the lower outside rollers, gearing on said shafts connected to one another, driving gearing connected thereto, a handle for actuating said driving gearing, an actuating stud on said driving gearing, a restraining finger adapted to have one end engage with said stud and the other end engage with one of said cams to restrain the movement thereof in the sleeve and pin to which it is attached, a shaft for pivotally mounting said restraining finger, a second restraining finger on the other side of the register adapted to engage with the other cam, yielding means connected to said fingers to normally maintain them in restraining position out of which they are moved by said actuating stud, and yielding means for resisting the spreading of said rollers and shafts by said cams.

In testimony whereof, I affix my signature.

PHILIP A. JACKSON. 

